Past Productions
Passing Strange
“Master Harold” …and the Boys
Up The Garden Path
Venus’ Daughter
hang
hang
written by debbie tucker green
directed by Philip Akin and Kimberley Rampersad
February 6th to February 25th, 2018
The Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs
Obsidian is proud to announce the Canadian Premiere of British Playwright debbie tucker green’s remarkable work hang. Directed by Philip Akin and multi-Dora-nominated choreographer Kimberley Rampersad, hang is a powerfully compelling play that brings us into the heart of a woman’s unthinkable decision.
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“Master Harold”…and the Boys
Other Side of the Game
A Co-Production with Cahoots Theatre
Written by Amanda Parris
Directed by Nigel Shawn Williams
October 14 – November 5, 2017 Aki Studio Theatre, 585 Dundas St. East
Amanda’s kinetic political script gives voice to black women who support their men and live with a ride-or-die philosophy. Set in contemporary Toronto, as well as during the black civil rights movement, the play intersects these shifts in time with a prison waiting room, where the women are forever waiting.
Deaf Community Consultant:
Symara Bonner
Deaf Interpreters:
Samreen Aziz, Charlene Malone
ASL/English Interpreters:
Tara Lee Everett, Erin Fremlin
The Wild Party
The Mountaintop
Once on this Island
Nightmare Dream
dirty butterfly
The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble
The Whipping Man
Shakespeare’s Nigga
Topdog/Underdog
Caroline, or Change
Intimate Apparel
Ruined
Yellow Man
Intimate Apparel
who knew grannie: a dub aria (World Premiere)
Late (World Premiere)
Black Medea (Canadian Premiere)
Intimate Apparel (Canadian Premiere)
The Polished Hoe (World Premiere)
Hip Hop (Who Stole the Soul?)
The Monument
Born Ready/Pusha Man
Cast Iron
Born Ready (Remount)
Two Can Play
Consecrated Ground
The Piano Lesson
The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God